The Faces of Your Children

What do you see when you look into the faces of your children? I have a whole bunch of photos on my office wall that face me when I'm at my laptop (which is always!) and quite often I find myself looking at these photos. It always makes me feel better to look in to the faces of my children and today I found myself thinking about their eyes, their smiles and their personalities.

Because they are my children they are so beautiful and precious to me. I would never expect anyone else (except maybe their family) to see what I do but I think you would feel something similar when you look at your children.

In Lizzie's face I see her enthusiasm for life. She gets so excited about everything and possibly because of this has no problem making friends. Both kids and adults seem drawn to her and I can only hope she continues to be my little adventurer.




In Alex's face I see his gentle spirit. He is the most laid back of all my children and loves to just sit and look at books. His current favorite is "Brown Bear Brown Bear, What do you see?". I think he wants so badly to be able to walk and talk but some of his developmental delays are holding him back. His face just lights up though when he sees me in the morning and he gives me the most wonderful smile.

In Emily's face I see her cheekiness. That little girl has quite a temper and will often scream defiantly when she is angry or frustrated. She can be very somber when surrounded by people she is unfamiliar with but when she is around people she knows she loves to smile and has the best laugh ever! I also see how stubborn she is. I think she is going to give us a run for our money.

As a parent I think it is hard to put in to words how much I love my children. They are a lot of work, can make me angry and frustrate me to no end but in their beautiful faces I see my future and am so happy that their souls chose to join our little family.

A Brave New World

This morning I kept welling up as I watched the Today show and they talked about Obama's victory. I know he has a long hard road ahead of him but it is such a relief that our country has a chance to change for the good. If nothing else, we will certainly be liked a lot more around the world. I can't tell you how hard it was to live in England with Bush as president. I always felt the need to tell people that I didn't vote for him and I didn't like him.

But, more than that, the tears came because as I sat there and hugged my daughter I realized that she will hopefully be spending the next 8 years of her life with an African American president. For her that will be normal. It's hard to imagine that if Obama does two terms she will be 9 1/2 and the twins will be 7 1/2 when he is done. That certainly puts things in to perspective! They are lucky lucky children to grow up in a climate which proves that anything is possible.

I wish Obama the best of luck and hope that he is able to live up to all that we expect.